Exclusive: Jinkx Monsoon and Liam Krug’s Sketchy Queens has been renewed for season 2

Binance paused withdrawals of Ankr tokens after the cryptocurrency exchange's CEO Changpeng Zhao said the tokens were possibly targeted by hackers.

David Archuleta has been out on the road with his 'The More The Merrier Christmas Tour' just over two weeks ago.And while sounding humbled and grateful for the fans attending the holiday shows, the American Idol alum took to Instagram Wednesday to reveal that dozens of people walked out during a break in his concert in Delta, Utah after he spoke about his queer identity.It appears the singer decided to share a lengthy message to his fans on social media after receiving an email after that particular show — seemingly from a venue employee or manager — who praised Archuleta's performance before sharing their disappointment in his decision to talk about his sexuality on stage. David Archuleta, 31, revealed dozens of people left his Christmas show in Delta, Utah on November 29 after he talked about his queer identityThat person behind the email began by calling the show 'incredible' while crediting Archuleta for taking the 'crowd on a magical Christmas journey.''They got an incredible experience but they did not pay for David to take 15 minutes and ruin that Christmas experience they just had,' that person wrote of his decision  to talk about his sexuality.

Services have been planned for some of those killed in the Club Q shooting.The November 19 attack at the Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ nightclub took the lives of five people. More than 20 were injured. A suspect has been arrested and awaits trial.Colorado Public Radio has reported on the funeral and memorial plans known so far:There will be both public and private services for Raymond Green Vance.

MATT Hancock has revealed what he really thought of his fellow I’m a Celeb contestants - and the truth behind his relationship with Boy George. The former Health Secretary has said he did not feel "bullied" by his campmates on the ITV show after he faced a grilling over his behaviour during the pandemic. Hanock, 44, was questioned by his fellow contestants on the reality show, including Culture Club frontman Boy George and ITV broadcaster Charlene White, following his arrival in the Australian jungle.

Acclaimed novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is once again voicing anti-transgender views.Ngozi Adichie, a Nigerian who lives part of the time in the U.S., went into trans issues in a recent interview with The Guardian in conjunction with her delivery of a Reith Lecture for the BBC. She received much criticism for a remark she made five years ago — “When people talk about, ‘Are trans women women?’ my feeling is trans women are trans women” — and has written about it a great deal.In her Reith Lecture, she denounced self-censorship and recounted a conversation with an American at a book reading, with the American advising her that certain things should remain unsaid even if they’re true.

When Vincenzo Cugno Garrano suggested to Marco Scatena that the two Italian nationals should open a restaurant together, Scatena was all in.He invested “all of his personal money,” according to PinkNews, and got a bank loan, making him a 30 percent shareholder in Piatto, which opened in London in January 2018.But things quickly went downhill. Despite being one of four directors, Scatena never received a dividend payment.

The company of the national tour of ‘My Fair Lady.’ (Courtesy photo by Jeremy Daniel)

In the wake of the Colorado Springs hate crime mass shooting last month at an gay nightclub’s drag show event that left five people dead, the anti-LGBTQ slur “groomer” and other anti-LGBTQ hate speech posts on Twitter skyrocketed, “peaking at 885% over their highest level before the shooting,” NBC News reports.

(CNN) – Wolves are pack animals, living in family groups led by a matriarch and her mate. Some wolves stay with their pack their whole lives, helping hunt and raise pups like aunts and uncles as they mature, but others split off to find a mate of their own and start their own packs.There are lots of factors that go into these types of behavior, such as quirks of personality and family relationships established as pups, but new scientific findings revealed a surprising influence on wolf-pack dynamics: a mind-controlling parasite that makes a gray wolf engage in riskier behavior.Researchers found that gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park infected with a parasite known as Toxoplasma gondii were more likely to leave the group of wolves they were born into or become a pack leader.The startling revelations could change scientists’ understanding of wolf-pack dynamics and improve conservation efforts for an apex predator that plays a major role in the health of its mountain ecosystem. Biochemical crossfireIf you’ve ever owned a cat, chances are you’ve heard of toxoplasmosis, an infection caused by T.

Olivia Colman has come to the defense of Heartstopper co-star Kit Connor after Connor came out in what appeared to be a response to accusations that he was queerbaiting fans. Colman said the 18-year-old was "a very beautiful human being."The two star as mother and son in the Netflix series, a series that follows two teenage boys who start dating. In the show, Connor's character, Nick Nelson, comes out to his mother, telling her he's bi. At the premiere of her latest film Empire of Light, Colman told Variety, “I am so proud of him, but I am not proud of how people bullied him.”She added, “I think people should be allowed to have their own journey.

Art Basel, Art N Folly, and EqualPride have teamed together to present “Iridescent,” a new LGBTQ+ curated art fair that breaks the mold of traditional art events. Iridescent LGBTQ+ Art Fair brings together a diversity of artists and a cross-section of sexual orientations, allowing them to explore identity through art.

A gay man is one of the forces behind Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson and his poisonous anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.Justin Wells “runs the entire Tucker Carlson operation, and is responsible for imprinting the Tucker Carlson brand, which is all about emboldening white heterosexual male grievance, furthering the racist conspiracy of ‘replacement theory’ and pushing an increasingly virulent anti-LGBTQ agenda,” Michelangelo Signorile wrote this week in his Substack column, The Signorile Report. “Wells is Senior Executive Producer of ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ and also holds the title of Vice President of Tucker Carlson Digital Products.”Wells has been with Fox News for 14 years. He was field producer on Greta Van Susteren’s On the Record from 2008 until 2016, then was the inaugural executive producer on Tucker Carlson Tonight when it started in 2016.

In HOLDING SPACE: Life and Love Through a Queer Lens (Princeton Architectural Press, 223 pp., $29.95), Ryan Pfluger captures the beauty and essence of queer love in all its complexity and spectrums. When I first saw the images, I was drawn to the bold, unapologetic displays of love — love that is often stereotyped or kept secret.

Yvie Oddly revealed that they hated re-watching their All Stars season, because they felt their presentation was “lobotomised”.

(CNN) -- New Twitter owner Elon Musk declared last month that "hate speech impressions" had dramatically fallen on the platform since he took over.It was a remarkable claim, given that Musk has executed mass layoffs and chased away hundreds of employees, draining the company of much-needed resources to enforce content moderation policies, which the billionaire has also publicly criticized.On Friday, two watchdog groups published research that indicated Musk's claim simply did not hold water, offering one of the clearest pictures to date of the surging tide of hate speech on the platform.The Center for Countering Digital Hate and Anti-Defamation League both said in reports that the volume of hate speech on Twitter has grown dramatically under Musk's stewardship.Specifically, the Center for Countering Digital Hate said the daily use of the n-word under Musk is triple the 2022 average and the use of slurs against gay men and trans persons are up 58% and 62%, respectively.And the Anti-Defamation League said in a separate report that its data shows "both an increase in antisemitic content on the platform and a decrease in the moderation of antisemitic posts."Both groups expressed alarm with what they are seeing occur on Twitter, one of the most influential communications platforms in the world.

Hit LGBTQ+ romance drama Heartstopper’s second season has finished filming, Netflix confirmed on 2 December.

Cross-party MPs called on the government to finally ban ‘conversion therapy’ for all nearly five years after it first pledged to do so.

Jessica Watkins, a transgender woman, was one of five Oath Keeper members convicted for their participation in the January 6 Insurrection that attempted to derail certifying the 2020 presidential election, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.Watkins and the other Oath Keepers were found guilty following an eight-week-long trial and three days of jury deliberations.The Oath Keepers are a far-right group with many members associated with militias and with former military or law enforcement backgrounds, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.Elmer Steward Rhodes, the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, and Kelly Meggs, leader of the group’s Florida chapter, were both found guilty of sedition.Watkins, 40, was found guilty of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding, interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder, and conspiracy to prevent an officer from discharging duties. Kenneth Harrelson and Thomas Caldwell were convicted on related felony charges.“As this case shows, breaking the law in an attempt to undermine the functioning of American democracy will not be tolerated” FBI Director Christopher Wray said.  “The FBI will always uphold the rights of all citizens who peacefully engage in First Amendment protected activities, but we and our partners will continue to hold accountable those who engaged in illegal acts regarding the January 6, 2021, siege on the U.S. Capitol.”The group, including Watkins, had been planning to block the lawful transfer of presidential power, according to the DOJ.

The owner of Club Q, an LGBTQ+ nightclub that suffered a mass shooting in late November, has spoken out his plans for the venue’s future.

RICH LOPEZ | Staff writerrich@dallasvoice.com It may be the most wonderful time of the year for some,

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Nic Grzecka, right, co-owner of Club Q, hugs a supporter after a 25-foot historic pride flag was unfurled to cover the exterior of City Hall to mark the weekend mass shooting at the gay nightclub on Nov. 19. (David Zalubowski/Associated Press)

Choreographer Evor Wright works with the cast of Uptown Players’ ‘Head Over Heels’ based on music by ‘80s band The Go-Go’s. (Courtesy photo).

Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson at the Supreme Court building in October. Justices are, bottom row, from left, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Elena Kagan, top row, from left, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Michael Lummus, born June 19, 1969, to David Nolan Lummus and Karen Sue Price Lummus, passed away in September at his home. A celebration of his life will be held Saturday, Dec. 10, beginning at 3 p.m. at Ol South Pancake House, 225 E. Renfro St. in Burleson.

Hola!! Welcome back to my Woof column, and guess what: Holiday season is here! Many of us have been waiting for this time of the year, for a lot of different reasons. Our furry loved ones will be enjoying these holidays with us, but remember to make sure the holidays are as safe for them as possible.

As Elon Musk continues his rapid dismantling of Twitter — laying off thousands of employees, scaring advertisers away, possibly violating FTC rules and bringing the company to the verge of bankruptcy — many people, especially LGBTQ people, are shifting to other social media platforms. I am one of them. I actually abandoned Twitter years ago when

Dua Lipa criticised the Qatari government about human rights violations after rumours she would perform at the World Cup opening ceremony.

SHAUGHNA Phillips has opened up about her pregnancy struggles as she prepares to welcome her first child. The Love Island star, 28, shocked fans earlier this year when she revealed her pregnancy with partner Billy. And it hasn't been an easy journey for Shaughna, who has been suffering from anxiety and extreme heartburn.

Troye Sivan has collaborated with PNAU on the euphoric dance number You Know What I Need.

Meet Khana, a retriever/Labrador/terrier/pit bull mix who weighs 60 pounds and is covered with short black fur (and a few white patches here and there). Khana is a shy doggie, and it takes a moment or two for her to get comfortable with new people, which is part of the reason she has been at the shelter for a bit more than two years now. Once comfy, she is a very good girl and appreciative of love and attention. Khana seems to do very well with other dogs, and she’s willing to meet kids too. Khana is available on a foster-to-adopt program to make sure it’s a great fit all around.

When Arturo Blazquez started studying theology three years ago, he approached it as a hobby, because he couldn’t conceive that he would be allowed to work in Germany’s Catholic Church as an openly gay man living with his husband in Berlin.

Sir Elton John will perform his last ever UK live show at the 2023 Glastonbury Festival, organisers announced.

Disney’s returning CEO Bob Iger has expressed the importance of LGBTQ+ stories after the company’s high profile ‘Don’t Say Gay’ controversy. 

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You can get your freak on every Monday at JR.’s when Cassie Nova hosts her weekly Freak Show. But next Monday, Dec. 5, you can get your freak on for a cause when Cassie hosts her annual Freakmas Onesie Party to raise money that will help make sure each and every student in the Sam Houston Elementary School’s Secret Santa Program has a very merry Christmas. On top of a fabulously freaky drag show starring a roster of your favorite performers, there will be tons of fabulous prizes you can win, either by auction or raffle. So drag out your best onesie and drag your butt to JR.’s, 3923 Cedar Springs Road. The show starts at 9 p.m.

Hunter Schafer will star in the upcoming Hunger Games prequel.

America’s new Dr. Ruth, Glenn Beck is weighing in on procreation, marriage, and children.

In the Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery which premiered last week, we discover that Daniel Craig's character, detective Benoit Blanc, is queer, and according to Craig, “it’s all good.”The revelation of Craig’s Benoit character came onstage at the London Film Festival, one of the few secrets associated with the film that was made public prior to the film’s opening. At the time, Craig said he was fine with the character being gay but would not disclose who plays Benoit’s partner in the film. But the director of the film, Rian Johnson, did say, "There’s nobody in the world I can imagine in bringing me more joy for Benoit Blanc to be with." Spoiler alert: Blanc’s partner is played by Hugh Grant.In a recent Deadline feature, Craig decline to reveal the actor's identity, but he expanded on the importance of Blanc’s sexuality.

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan has revealed that she’s not very big on labels when it comes to dating.

In a massive win for LGBTQ+ rights, the Food and Drug Administration has revealed plans to ease blood donation restrictions for queer men.

A powerful gesture for World AIDS Day.Cheddar Gorgeous became a global superstar after appearing as a cast member on the recently-completed fourth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. She ultimately finished the season in second place.During her run in the drag competition, Gorgeous wore an iconic outfit inspired by the ACT UP movement for the “Tickled Pink” runway category.

New York State Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas announced Thursday, World AIDS Day, that she will introduce a bill to decriminalize the sexual activity of people living with sexually transmitted infections.The bill would repeal New York State Public Health Law 2307, a 76-year-old law that makes it a misdemeanor for any person with a known STI to have sexual intercourse with another. The bill would also expunge any prior convictions.

A Japanese court has upheld its ruling banning same-sex marriage while calling for more LGBTQ+ protections.

Spoilers ahead for The L Word: Generation Q season three.